Me, Samantha, and Aaron at the Fullerton Arboretum, early September while Matthew was at school.


Aaron and Sam driving the Toyota hybrid



Samantha showing me a green flower bug, the kind my dad and I used to catch to feed the spiders (I did not teach Sam how to feed spiders though).









Sam showing me a blue chili pepper.

 

Samantha singing



Aaron picking me a flower.





Sam and Aaron at the Fullerton Arboretum children area.



September 1, 2010

Today, Aaron 22 months old, did # 1 in the potty for the first time this morning at 7:45 a.m. after being dry all night long!  Yay!

Matthew went to his first day of school as a 1st grader!

So we had a group hug when Matthew got home from school.  I did not realize how much everyone missed him like I do.  Samantha gave him a hug and he hugged her back and then Aaron gave him a hug, and finally they dog-piled me with hugs.

Later today before dinner, Samantha and Aaron were yelling over something.  So I redirected them by shouting over their voices "Time to eat dinner!"  and Samantha said "No dinner for baby!"  and then Aaron responded "No dinna foe Baby doll!"  (I call Samantha "Baby doll")

Summer Fun! August 2010!

I took a lot of pictures this month so, here they are:

Playing at sprinkler in backyard

Serenading Birdie-Bird Harley like she often does

Getting ready for Karate

Teaching Harley to play basketball and swing!

Camping out in the living room

Picture by Sam

Celebrating life with Matthew, Samantha, and Aaron today!

Samantha said to me "Mommy, I got a bee!"  and sure enough, she had a bee on her hand. 

"I got it from the pool" and I could see it walking on her hand but I decided to double check with her and she said, "No, it's alive!"  I told her to put it on a flower so that it could eat.  She came back and said "Mommy, I couldn't put it on a flower, it just flew away."

Here are my kids while we were playing in the backyard this afternoon.